my wonderful zoo

Chapter 77
At that time, Shanxi merchants opened their businesses all over the country, from Jiangnan in the south to Mongolia in the north.In order to control those shopkeepers who traveled thousands of miles away, Shanxi merchants stipulated that employees, including shopkeepers, were not allowed to bring their wives, family members, or marry or take concubines in the location of the business.

The company also stipulates that family visits are divided into intervals of ten, six years or three years, with each visit lasting three to four months.At this point, Chen Xun made improvements when he implemented it. Not only did he provide family leave, but he also rotated these shopkeepers. They would change their work location in three to five years, and they would be closer to home every two or three times.

The advantage of this is that the local trading partners will only recognize the Chen brand, not the person in charge of the Chen branch.

The shopkeeper of Shanxi merchants joined the company at the age of 60 or [-] and retired at the age of [-]. He only had more than ten opportunities to go home to visit relatives in his life.At that time, there were many folk songs in Shanxi about young businessmen going out to separate from their wives:
Cut the jar into half, plant garlic moss, and greenery will grow.

When the son goes out, the mother comes to see her daughter-in-law through the crack in the door.

She has a fair face and black hair. The more she looks at her, the more she cannot let go of her.

If you are doing business and are far away from home, it is better to grow crops at home.

There are also ballads about a young daughter-in-law missing her husband who is away on business:
I regret marrying a businessman.

Leave me alone to guard the empty house night after night.

Should I marry a farmer?
A constant companion all year round.

The situation of the workers who go out in Chenjiazhuang is better. In the past ten years, those who go out spend at least half of their time at home.

But even so, Chen Xun has seen from intelligence from various places that there are more and more cases of young men who go out to keep mistresses and aboriginal women, until Chen Xun takes back a large part of their wages and directly pays them. Only at home can this phenomenon be controlled (different from containment, which is just control, not prohibition).

After thinking about all these miscellaneous things, Chen Xun put away his thoughts, got up and went out, heading to the temporary school grounds outside the village.

Chenjiazhuang has never taken back so many guards and Tritons at one time. Tritons can still live on the boat, but the guards must have barracks on land.

The barracks in the south courtyard could only accommodate the guards who returned from daily rotation, and could not accommodate nearly 2000 people for training at the same time. Chen Xun had to place them in the large drying field outside the village. The land there was flat and compact, and there was no planting. It was very suitable. Camp training.

Passing by the south village wall construction site, a prisoner who was working suddenly ran over, knelt in front of Chen Xun, kowtowed his head and shouted loudly:
"Member, please! Member, please! Please let the villain go."

"My mother has no one to take care of me, and my whole family depends on my little military salary as a soldier. How can they survive when I've been away from home for so long?"

As he spoke, the five-foot tall man burst into tears.

"Commissioner, please be merciful and let this villain go."

After a few strokes, blood was seen on the already knocked forehead, the flesh and blood mixed with the soil and sand on the ground, bloody, quite miserable.

The personal guard following Chen Xun reacted and immediately stepped forward to lift the man up.

Seeing that the villagers and prisoners around him were paying attention, Chen Xun did not stop:
"Take him."

After saying that, Chen Xun continued to leave the village and headed to the camp.

No matter how miserable this person is, no matter whether he agrees to it or not, he cannot be dealt with on the spot, because there are too many variables to control public opinion.

Take them to a closed place for processing. If the results are good, they will be announced to enhance the positive image of Chenjiazhuang.If it turns out to be evil, end it quietly and silently.

The group soon arrived at the camp and borrowed an officer's tent. Chen Xun asked someone to bring in the man who had just blocked the road and knelt down to beg for mercy.At this moment, he had controlled his emotions.

Seeing that the person in charge of Chenjiazhuang was willing to listen to him continue to talk, the man was very excited and told his situation with expectant eyes.

Hanzi's family is located in a village in the north of Panyu City. The family's land has been transferred to the landlord. In addition to paying taxes and land rent, the rest of the year's harvest is not enough to feed the family, so they have to go out to find a living.

As more and more people who should serve in the military service pay money to do so, in order to satisfy the function of the military service, the government can only start to maintain the military service. The men are interested in the small military salary of the military service, plus the management of food. Take control and choose to respond to the troops.

All the monthly military salary is brought home, and the land at home is cultivated by his wife and children.

It can be said that he has been struggling on the poverty line all his life.

Originally, Guangzhou was located in the south of Lingnan and had no borders with other countries. There were no wars. Although being a soldier was hard, it was not life-threatening.

It happened that he came out of Chenjiazhuang and provoked the officials. They sent troops to encircle and suppress him. The officers and soldiers were defeated. The man was inexperienced and ran slowly. He was captured by the guards and returned to work as a coolie.

Originally he didn't have the guts to beg for mercy.

But during this period of time as a coolie, he was able to eat enough and sleep with roof tiles. He never had enough when he was a soldier.This made him think that the person in charge of Chenjiazhuang is a kind person, at least he has great kindness to the poor people, so he dares to block the way and beg for mercy.

"Tell the military officials your home address and the names of your family members, and then go back to work. I will give you an answer in a few days." Chen Xun replied.

At this time, Chen Lu heard the news and rushed over.

"Uncle came just in time." Chen Xun greeted.

"Where's that reckless guy? I'll teach him a lesson later."

"Forget it, they are all poor people. I was just about to ask you, are there many prisoners like him?" Chen Xun asked.

While the two were chatting, officers above the head of the camp began to gather. When Chen Xun entered the camp, he had already issued a summoning order and planned to hold a meeting to discuss countermeasures.

"There is no specific statistics, but if they can join the Xiang Army, it is estimated that the situation is similar. If we count, maybe half of them are similar to the situation." On the way here, Chen Lu already understood who stopped Chen Xun. So I know the situation of the man.

"I have been worried before. If the enemy invades this time, if the battlefield is set outside the jurisdiction of Chenjiazhuang, the defense inside the village will be empty. By then, there will be more women and children in the village, and the prisoners of the Xiang army who built the village wall will become the biggest hidden danger. ." Chen Xun first put aside the topic of the man before. His problem cannot be solved alone, it must be solved at the level of all prisoners, otherwise trouble will occur.

"Now this man has reminded me that maybe these prisoners can be released."

Everyone was shocked when they heard that Chen Xun was going to release these prisoners.

"How is this possible? If we put them back, and they turn around and follow the imperial army to attack us, wouldn't it be their own fault?" Youdutou said. He has been a soldier for a long time, he is careless, and he doesn't know how to use euphemistic words.

"These prisoners eat and drink well in Chenjiazhuang. Even if they are captured again after they return, it is actually a good thing for us." Chen Xun explained that this is a psychological tactic.

(End of this chapter)